Category Archives: Local News

IUP-IRMC COLLABORATIVE EVENT TO BE HELD TODAY
As part of Research Appreciation Week, IUP will hold a new event today where they will collaborate with Indiana Regional Medical Center. This event is designed to have professionals from IUP and IRMC ...
Hometown2 Apr 07, 2022

SHETLER TRIAL POSTPONED
Westmoreland County Judge Meagan Bilik-DeFazio has granted a defense request to postpone Ray Shetler Jr.'s trial, tentatively rescheduling it until sometime in June. The 37-year-old Shetler is charged...
Hometown1 Apr 07, 2022

SEARCH CONTINUES FOR INDIANA MAN WHO CARJACKED VEHICLE IN GREENSBURG
The Indiana man who is accused of stealing a woman's car while she was fueling it in Greensburg on Tuesday is still at large, and he has been charged with three felony offenses, including robbery of a...
Hometown1 Apr 07, 2022

CLYMER FIRE CHIEF WARNS OF SCAMMERS
During the Clymer Borough Council meeting Wednesday night, the borough's fire chief warned of a scammer using the fire department's name. Chief John Gromley said during his report that someone has bee...
Hometown2 Apr 06, 2022

COMMONWEALTH COURT BLOCKS EFFORT TO JOIN PA TO RGGI
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court on Tuesday issued a one-line order that will prevent Pennsylvania from joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The order said that it will not allow the officia...
Hometown2 Apr 06, 2022

PRELIMINARY HEARING SCHEDULED FOR MAN CHARGED IN INDIANA BOROUGH DOMESTIC DISPUTE
Preliminary hearings are scheduled for today in Indiana County's district courts today, including a Venango County man who faces charges of simple assault and harassment. 22-year-old Nicholas Roberts ...
Hometown2 Apr 06, 2022

FIRST RESPONDERS BUSY ON TUESDAY WITH BRUSH FIRE, CRASH
Indiana County first responders were active on Tuesday after going more than 24 hours without a call. The first call was reported at 1:39 PM for a brush fire along Coleman Road between Olivet and Clar...
Hometown2 Apr 06, 2022

ANOTHER COMPANY ANNOUNCES BID TO BUY SPIRIT AIRLINES
Another entity has announced an intention to buy Spirit Airlines two months after a merger of Spirit and Frontier Airlines was announced. According to reports, JetBlue Airways officials announced on T...
Hometown2 Apr 06, 2022

POLICE REPORTS: VEHICLE CRASH, DUI, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF
PSP-INDIANA State police say no one was hurt in a vehicle crash last week on Route 119 in Center Township. Troopers say that the crash happened on 119 near the intersection with Lockard Avenue Extensi...
Hometown2 Apr 06, 2022

INDIANA BOROUGH COUNCIL APPROVES CODE OF CONDUCT FOR FACEBOOK PAGE, ZOOM MEETINGS
At Tuesday night's meeting, the Indiana Borough Council approved codes of conduct for two of the borough's online platforms. One code will be for the borough's meetings held over video chat. According...
Hometown2 Apr 05, 2022

Konnor Griffin
Konnor Griffin is a Bucco! Are you going to go watch him play?
You bet! He's going to put them in the playoffs!
Sure will, but he's not going to make them much better.
Maybe a few games, but he's going to struggle.
Nope! The Pirates have been too bad for too long.
Voting Ends: Apr 14, 2026 | 12:00 PM











